3 About Talkin Cloud Talkin Cloud (www.talkincloud.com), published by Nine Lives Media (www.ninelivesmediainc.com), covers cloud computing and the IT channel. The site s core readership includes cloud services providers (CSPs), cloud aggregators, cloud brokers, VARs and MSPs pushing into cloud computing. About Nine Lives Media Nine Lives Media, a division of Penton Media, defines emerging IT media markets and disrupts established IT media markets. Nine Lives Media s market leading blogs and online destinations include: Talkin Cloud (www.talkincloud.com): The first blog fully focused on cloud computing s emergence in the IT channel. MSPmentor (www.mspmentor.net): The ultimate guide and world s top managed services blog. MSPtweet (www.msptweet.com): The loudest tweets in the managed services industry. The VAR Guy (www.thevarguy.com): Tracking what s next in the IT channel. The top-ranked blog serving VARs and channel partners. VARtweet (www.vartweet.com): The loudest tweets in the IT channel. Executive Summary/Survey Methodology The Talkin Cloud 100 (formerly the Talkin Cloud 50) is an annual research report. The Talkin Cloud 100 ranks cloud services providers, cloud aggregators, cloud brokers, VARs and MSPs by such metrics as: Total cloud services revenues (in U.S. dollars, 2011) Cloud services revenues dollar and percentage growth (2011 vs. 2010) Total cloud project revenues (2011) Cloud project revenue dollar and percentage growth (2011 vs. 2010). Note: All financial information for international survey participants was converted to U.S. dollars Call for Submissions: The survey was promoted on Talkin Cloud, The VAR Guy, MSPmentor and Nine Lives Media s social media destinations (FaceBook, LinkedIn and Twitter). The survey ran from January through April 27, The results were published May 16, 2012 on TalkinCloud.com. Confidentiality This report includes much but not all of the survey data. In order to gather reliable financial data, Nine Lives Media agreed not to disclose specific annual revenue information (i.e., revenue dollars). We reserved the right, however, to publish company growth rates based on the private revenue information. 3!

13 69. American Technology Services Inc., Fairfax, VA, USA: American Technology Services continues to blend IT consulting and IT development services with newer offerings like managed hosting and cloud hosting. Top Exec: Jeff Chandler, President Services/ Newmind Group Inc., Kalamazoo, MI, USA: Newmind Group is one of the best-known providers of Google Apps services in the Michigan area, and the company has been expanding into New York and Salt Lake City, Utah. Top Exec: Daniel Jefferies, President CentraStage Limited, Prestwood, Buckinghamshire, UK: CentraStage offers a SaaS-based IT management platform that's catching on with VARs and MSPs. Top Exec: Christian Nagele, CEO NetStandard Inc., Kansas City, KS, USA: The company's managed and cloud services have driven five consecutive years of double-digit growth. Top Exec: Jeff Melcher, CEO !

14 65. divestit Pty Ltd, Brisbane, Australia: The company has been positioning itself as the top cloud services provider and top cloud consultant in Brisbane, one of Australia s largest cities. Top Exec: Nigel Heyn, Managing Director 64. TUC, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada: (NOTE, shouldn t we call this The Utility company?) Originally known for its franchise services, TUC has been acquiring MSPs that have cloud services expertise. Top Exec: Mark Scott, CEO 63. CHIPS Technology Group, Syosset, NY, USA: The well-known IT service provider in the SMB market has been pushing deeper into cloud services and electronic health records (EHR) offerings for customers. Top Exec: Evan Leonard, President outsourceit, La Plata, MD, USA: A leading MSP on the U.S. east coast, outsourceit has been merging and acquiring its way into the cloud market. Top Exec: Craig Guice, CEO 61. Dito, Manassas, VA, USA: As one of the original 30 Google Apps Authorized Resellers, Dito is known as a go-to partner for cloud migration services. Top Exec: Jim McNelis, CEO TestudoData, Seattle, WA, USA: TestudoData promotes enterprise information security, collaboration, and productivity solutions, with a heavy cloud emphasis. Technology partners include Google, Reflexion and Microsoft. The company has 625 resellers serving more than 8,500 businesses. Top Exec: Eric Blank, General Manager 14!

16 54. Ntirety Inc., Dedham, MA, USA: Trying to figure out managed database and cloud database services? That's where Ntirety enters the picture. The company was first to promote database administrator as a service, trademarking the term. Top Exec: Michael Corey, Founder & CEO TekLinks, Birmingham, AL, USA: An entry on our list for 2011 and 2012, TekLinks has used cloud services and managed services to also land on the Inc list of fastest-growing privately held US companies. Top Exec: Stuart Raburn, President ZSL, Edison, NJ, USA: A well-known IBM Business Partner, ZSL developed ready-to-connect utilities for Salesforce.com CRM, Microsoft Dynamics, Google Apps, Oracle EBS, Amazon Cloud and more. The connectors allow customers to migrate to hybrid cloud platforms. Top Exec: Shiv Kumar, Executive VP Services/ IT Authorities, Tampa, FL, USA: The rare company that lands on the Inc. 500, MSPmentor 100 and Talkin' Cloud 100 lists. Initial cloud moves include hosted Exchange, SharePoint and BlackBerry services. Top Exec: Jason Caras, Co-CEO https://twitter.com/#!/itauthorities 16!

17 50. Capital Support, London, UK: Capital Support, founded in 2002, has been one of the UK s fastest growing technology providers since The company has a growing niche in the financial services vertical, and is promoting managed services and cloud services to banking and hedge fund customers. Top Exec: Nigel Brooks, Managing Partner 49. GreenPages Technology Solutions, Kittery, ME, USA: GreenPages Technology Solutions is a virtualization consulting and integration firm. The company in early 2012 acquired Atlanta-based LogicsOne a virtualization, storage, and cloud technology consulting firm. Top Exec: Ron Dupler, CEO https://twitter.com/#!/greenpagesit Cloudmore, Mayfair, London, UK: With offices in Europe and the United States, CloudMore supports over 3600 applications. The company's cloud migration focus includes SQL Server, MySQL, SharePoint, Citrix, Web servers, Active Directory, Oracle and SAP. Top Exec: Michael Wicander, CEO t Systems, Greenwood Village, CO, USA: 3t Systems promotes managed and cloud services to large and small healthcare facilities across the Rocky Mountain region in the United States. Top Exec: Ciaran Dwyer, CEO Nasstar plc, London, UK: An up-and-comer in the cloud market, Nasstar Hosted Desktop revenues are climbing quickly based on the data points we've seen. Top Exec: Charles Black, CEO 17!

18 45. Apps4Rent, Edison, NJ, USA: The company's name says it all. From hosted Exchange to hosted SharePoint, Apps4Rent is one of the largest providers of ondemand Microsoft applications Long View Systems, Calgary, Alberta, Canada: The world's top MSP (according to our sister survey, the MSPmentor 100) also has a rapidly growing cloud services practice. Managed Services Veteran Kevin Long oversees the CSP push. Top Exec: Don Bialik, CEO ConnectWise, Tampa, FL, USA: First known for its on-premises PSA (professional services automation) software, the majority of new ConnectWise deployments with VARs and MSPs now occur in the cloud. Top Exec: Arnie Bellini, CEO https://twitter.com/#!/connectwise Abacus Group LLC, New York, NY, USA: Abacus's hosted IT services provide infrastructure and applications to financial services firms. Top Exec: Christopher Grandi, Managing Director 41. Claris Networks, Knoxville, TN, USA: An MSP that is now offering EMR (electronic medical records) and related cloud solutions into the healthcare market. Top Exec: Larry Bodie, CEO https://www.twitter.com/#!/clarisntwrks 18!

19 40. Remote Backup Systems, Eads, TN, USA: Remote Backup Systems has more than 8,500 Service Providers as partners in more than 63 countries. Top Exec: Rob Cosgrove, CEO Netgain Technology Inc., St. Cloud, MN, USA: The hosting provider is one of the best-known cloud companies serving the healthcare vertical. Top Exec: Scott Warzecha, President & Founder https://twitter.com/#!/netgainhosting 38. Intermedia, New York, NY, USA: Intermedia has pushed beyond hosted Exchange to introduce Office 365 syndication services and hosted VoIP services. The company's current focus is entire office solutions in the cloud. Top Exec: Phil Koen, CEO 37. Cloud Sherpas, Atlanta, GA, USA: A well-known provider of Google Apps, Cloud Sherpas recently merged with a top Salesforce.com consulting firm. Had that deal occurred in 2011, Cloud Sherpas would have been even higher on our list of top CSPs. Top Exec: David Northington, CEO Corporate Technologies LLC, Eden Prairie, MN, USA: Now in its 30th year, Corporate Technologies is well-known in the VAR and MSP communities. But the data we've seen also places them in the fast-growing CSP market. Top Exec: Jim Griffith, CEO !

20 35. Tier 3 Inc., Bellevue, WA, USA: Tier 3 delivers cloud software and federated cloud services to businesses globally. The company offers a % uptime SLA at all layers and disaster recovery in every deployment. Top Exec: Adam Wray, President & CEO Logicalis, Farmington Hills, MI, USA: Logicalis, an IT service provider, has 2500 employees. Best known as an MSP, Logicalis has been expanding its data centers to offer cloud services. The company has more than 6,000 corporate and public sector customers. Top Exec: Terry Flood, President & CEO SolveDirect Service Management, Sunnyvale, CA, USA: Founded in 2000, SolveDirect promotes a cloud-based system that integrates service management platforms across multiple companies. Top Exec: Martin Bittner, CEO Excel Micro Inc., Folsom, PA, USA: Excel Micro is best known as a fastgrowing distributor of Google Apps and Google's SaaS-based security services. Top Exec: Joseph Vaccone, President & CEO En Pointe Technologies, Gardena, CA, USA: En Pointe, founded in 2003, now has more than 1,200 employees worldwide, and a rapidly growing cloud business that includes consulting services for Office 365, Symantec..cloud and more. Top Exec: Bob Din, CEO 20!

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